Poor Me Syndrome Quotes

#1. I am actually in poor health due to chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction syndrome, and my ability to work is greatly diminished right now, so I have to get better before I can start another big project.

Laura Hillenbrand

#2. An Englishman never takes his collar off when he is writing. How can you expect him to show you his soul?

William McFee

#3. Organized religion and musicals present tenets to live by that don't entirely make sense but, on the whole, make people who believe them secure, thus giving an appearance of inclusiveness.

Lisa Randall

#4. The 'cleverness' syndrome has taken the place of melody. It's like everyone has come down with this terrible disease in jazz ... you are always expected to do your own material, which is a strange thing to do if you're a poor composer but a great player.

Keith Jarrett

#5. One thing we all know, if one does not possess PERSISTENCE, one does not achieve noteworthy success in any calling.

Napoleon Hill

#6. I was fascinated by the effects that could be achieved by editing. The cutting room became a magic workshop for me.

Leni Riefenstahl

#7. It.
Such is the perversity of human nature that what we have in abundance-our work, our possessions, and the beauty of our surroundings-we take for granted and learn to ignore, so that we are often paralyzed by boredom, indifference, and ingratitude.

Gene Edward Veith Jr.

#8. Beauty is a luster which love bestows to guile the eye. Therefore it may be said that only when the brain is without love will the eye look and see no beauty.

Jack Vance

#9. Poor Harper Seven Beckham, having to live with that name all her life. It's the Boy Named Sue syndrome; at the very least it will toughen her up.

Simon Hoggart

#10. If you do not train hard you will never fulfill your potential.

Maurice Greene